"Court considers when police need warrants to track suspects through cellphones": Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has an article that begins, "A federal appeals court on Wednesday considered how easily investigators should be able to track criminal suspects through their cellphones, becoming the latest front in the debate over how to balance public-safety interests with digital privacy."

"Businesses Win Lawsuit Curbs With New Rules; Change could help companies in their battle against consumer litigation": Joe Palazzolo and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.Posted at 05:50 PM by Howard Bashman

"Court: Racial animus 'code words' used in NY housing case." The Associated Press has a report that begins, "A federal appeals court says officials in a suburban New York village acquiesced to race-based opposition to a housing project."

"Petition making abortion illegal will not proceed, state Supreme Court rules": Barbara Hoberock of The Tulsa World has an article that begins, "An initiative petition to criminalize abortion will not go forward, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Proposed State Question 782, if put on the ballot and approved by voters, would have made those who perform or receive an abortion guilty of murder."